Humanity should respect animals.

[BrownEye]

But I find that pain is fleeting, and an animal can be harvested with a minimal amount of pain.

As with most, your perspective would quickly change if you were on the other end, and someone said these same words to you. In fact this is portrayed in horror movies on a regular basis. Desensitization.

LoL! This thinking comes from the divine right of kings. As if a child naturally moves to killing animals. It is a learned habit/belief. Children learn to stomp on bugs from other children, or parents, who fear insects. It is the same with treatment/disdain of animals.

Something to think about. Look at how we treat bacteria, trying to kill it, eventually forcing the mutation of superbugs. Look at how we do the same thing with cancer treatment, with the same results.

Most likely the ignoring of what we participate in will bring about an authentic strain of virus to put an end to our mass slaughter.